lunes, 17 de septiembre de 2007

Apollo and Daphne- Pyramus and Thisbe- Cephalus and Procris

Under my point of view I consider all of these three myths to be tragedies. It annoys me that to people that love each other are not allowed being together for one reason or another. In Apollo and Daphne, Cupid made sure love was only felt from Apollo while Daphne did not wished to be loved. Pyramus and Thisbe, though living in the same village and loving each other, are not permitted by their parents to unite. And even though Cephalus declines Aurora to keep his wife, at the end, they too are separated from one another. The fact that they were separated by death and by their own fault causes even more frustration upon me. Daphne is taken away from Apollo by becoming a tree and this is because, she, herself, asked for it while trying to escape Apollo. Then Pyramus kills himself because he believes Thisbe is dead and then Thisbe realizes what happened and kills herself as well. And then Procris spies her husband because she believes he is cheating on her after he actually renounced a goddess for her, and not being able to see her, but hearing her, Cephalus kills her with his javelin, thinking she is an animal. The fact that two people that love each other are not able to be with one another makes me feel pity as well since I do not hope for that kind of feeling of wanting but not having.

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